How Does the Health of Older People Today Compare with the Health

question 56

Multiple Choice

How does the health of older people today compare with the health of older people in previous generations?

• A) Today they are more likely to die from infectious diseases.
• B) Today they are more likely to have poorer health care.
• C) Today they are less likely to take advantage of immunization programs specific to influenza.
• D) Today they are at greater risk of dying from chronic diseases such as cancer.

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Definitions:

Physically Loosen

The process of breaking up compacted or consolidated materials, making them less dense and easier to move or erode.

Water Contracting

A physical phenomenon where water decreases in volume under certain conditions, contrary to the usual expansion upon cooling.

Crystals

Substances that are solid in form, with their atoms organized in a consistent, repeatable structure that spreads across all three dimensions of space.

Debris Flows

Rapidly moving masses of rock fragments, soil, and mud, with a large amount of water, often down mountain slopes.